Kavkaz Center, a media outlet for Chechen fighters, particularly the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus (IEC), confirmed the death of former IEC military commander Muhannad in a message posted on its website on April 22, 2011.

Doku Umarov, the leader of the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus (IEC), claimed his group’s responsibility for the suicide bombing at the Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia on January 24, 2011.

Doku Umarov, the leader of the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus (IEC), claimed his group’s responsibility for the suicide bombing at the Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia on January 24, 2011.

Chechen fighters from the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus addressed a message to Muslim women participating in jihad, urging them to embrace their faith and to rear their children to love and be willing to sacrifice for jihad.

Commander Magas (AKA Ahmed Yevloyev, Magomed Yegloyev), a high-ranking leader in the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, is described as the “new Shamil Basayev” in a message posted on Kavkaz Center and Turkish jihadist forums.

Kavkaz Center, a media outlet for the Chechen insurgents, published to its English website on June 15, 2008 an interview one of its journalists conducted with Doku Umarov (AKA Abu Usman), head of the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus.

An appeal by Chechen rebel president, Doku Umarov, addressed to the Mujahideen in Chechnya and Muslims in Russia, was recently posted to jihadist forums and the Kavkaz Center, a media outlet for Chechen insurgents.